“The Art of Nonviolence” is the third annual art competition for youth. Presented at the Encore Gallery in the Taos Community Auditorium the exhibit opens May 3 and runs through June 30th, 2013. A reception for the artists is Friday, May 3 at 4 PM.

Nonviolenceworks Inc. has been the engine behind this project that encourages young artists to involve their families and the community in recognizing their work.

This show is comprised of the best works of the children of Taos grades 6 through 12. All of the work is based on the theme of nonviolence. The mission is to explore the potential of art to express and process difficult personal and social issues in positive and nonviolent ways.

The Taos Center for the Arts is proud to be presenting these courageous images at the Encore Gallery. The artwork is not for sale and the artists agreed that the work may be photographed for use by Nonviolenceworks, Inc.

The overall mission of Nonviolenceworks Inc. is to inspire, train and empower all people to lead lives of nonviolence.
 

Artist Reception
Friday May 3, from 5-7

The Taos Center for the Arts and Caffe Renato have partnered to feature TCA member art in the dining rooms of the cafe’s restaurant. TCA Exhibits at Caffe Renato will feature a solo exhibition by Judy Van Heyst, titled “Mostly Collage”. The exhibition will include her plein air paintings, but mostly her collage works. Found elements, both natural and manmade, are recurring materials in her collages and as elements they must interest, excite or facinate in some way.
Judy utilizes scraps which she has found, collected, has specially created or transformed as the initial stimulus in the making of her artwork. Scraps of paper, some with partial text, some cut or torn from her notebooks, some of light tissue paper that she has transformed by layers of paint, encaustic and acrylic binders are overlapped and layered, partially revealing, partially concealing what lies beneath.

Surface texture can be created by the use of scraps of fabric, pieces of string and yarn, grasses, leaves, coffee grounds and sand. It is a process of making a unified whole from a grouping of fragmentary materials of different essences. These scraps, these objects taken from familiar surroundings and recombined toward an aesthetic purpose also bring their own associations along. Images are suggested and subtly implied but not defined. It is essentially a poetic activity.
Her work includes recent abstract works. The designs move between opposites of hard-edged geometrical shapes to soft flowing, atmospheric suggestions of a pictorial space.

Always influenced by where she lives, where her travels take her. Van Heyst creates notebooks filled with ink and watercolor sketches, notes, and clippings that lead her on various journeys of exploration. "In my recent Anasazi (Chaco) Series 1 saw designs on pottery dating back to 1000 A.D while camping in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. These were tight, precise designs using a sophisticated understanding of negative and positive spaces- -very hypnotizing and complex." She states that "I find that an expressive line drawing on site records places, people, details more useful to me than photos. I never forget a place, the feel, smell and sounds where I have done one of these drawings."
 

Carmen – Georges Bizet
Original transmission date: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Richard Eyre’s hit production stars Elena Garanea as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom," the director says about Bizet’s drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking."
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Production: Richard Eyre; Barbara Frittoli, Elena Garanea, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien
Total Running Time: 02:59:00

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052

Sunday, June 23 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday June 24 & 25 at 7:30 PM

Country: UK/Denmark/Canada/Croatia, Language: English, Runtime: 90 min.
Rated PG-13 for mature disturbing thematic material involving teen choices - sexuality, drinking, smoking, and for language

Ginger & Rosa, directed by Sally Potter, stars Elle Fanning, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Jodhi May, Annette Bening and Alice Englert.
Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.

“Elle Fanning is simply extraordinary as a budding teen in 1962 London who takes the whole weight of the world on her small shoulders in Ginger & Rosa, Sally Potter’s sharply observed tale of growing up amid the turmoil the nuclear threat and familial discord…Ginger & Rosa belongs to Fanning, who was just 13 during the shoot.” – Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO
 

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT

Young Artist concerts tickets are $8.00
Tickets available at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.

Sunday, June 23 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday June 24 & 25 at 7:30 PM

Country: UK/Denmark/Canada/Croatia, Language: English, Runtime: 90 min.
Rated PG-13 for mature disturbing thematic material involving teen choices - sexuality, drinking, smoking, and for language

Ginger & Rosa, directed by Sally Potter, stars Elle Fanning, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Jodhi May, Annette Bening and Alice Englert.
Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.

“Elle Fanning is simply extraordinary as a budding teen in 1962 London who takes the whole weight of the world on her small shoulders in Ginger & Rosa, Sally Potter’s sharply observed tale of growing up amid the turmoil the nuclear threat and familial discord…Ginger & Rosa belongs to Fanning, who was just 13 during the shoot.” – Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO
 

Sunday, June 23 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday June 24 & 25 at 7:30 PM

Country: UK/Denmark/Canada/Croatia, Language: English, Runtime: 90 min.
Rated PG-13 for mature disturbing thematic material involving teen choices - sexuality, drinking, smoking, and for language

Ginger & Rosa, directed by Sally Potter, stars Elle Fanning, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Jodhi May, Annette Bening and Alice Englert.
Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.

“Elle Fanning is simply extraordinary as a budding teen in 1962 London who takes the whole weight of the world on her small shoulders in Ginger & Rosa, Sally Potter’s sharply observed tale of growing up amid the turmoil the nuclear threat and familial discord…Ginger & Rosa belongs to Fanning, who was just 13 during the shoot.” – Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO
 

Il Trovatore – Giuseppe Verdi
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 30, 2011
David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.
Marco Armiliato; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Total Running Time: 02:42:00

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052

The 6th Annual Taos Opera Institute (TOI) Festival ends with a fundraising Gala and Reception at the Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) featuring the TOI Singers and the Cantos de Taos quartet in an evening of opera classics. These singers, who have completed the month-long intensive training of the Institute, will showcase their accomplishments with duets, trios, quartets and full ensemble presentations of beloved arias from several operas and operettas. The performance is preceded by a reception that begins at 7:00 pm. Doors will open at 6:45 pm. Tickets are available for $25 and may be purchased in advance at the TCA office Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm or by calling 758-2052 or ordered for pick-up on the evening of the performance. Telephone – 575-758-2052, Fax 575-751-3305, or email at info@tcataos.org. A full schedule of events is available on the TOI Web site,

www.TaosOI.org.

Or, for further information call 575-758-5101 or email toitaosnm@aol.com.

Sunday, June 30 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday July 1 & 2 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA/UK/Qatar, Language: English/Hindi, Runtime: 130 min., Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality

We begin in 2011 in Lahore. At an outdoor café a Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells Bobby (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist, about his experiences in the United States. Roll back ten years, and we find a younger Changez fresh from Princeton, seeking fortune and glory on Wall Street. The American Dream seems well within his grasp, complete with a smart and gorgeous artist girlfriend, Erica (Kate Hudson). But when the Twin Towers are attacked, a cultural divide slowly begins to crack open between Changez and Erica. Changez’s dream soon begins to slip into nightmare: profiled, wrongfully arrested, strip-searched and interrogated, he is transformed from a well-educated, upwardly mobile businessman to a scapegoat and perceived enemy. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a story about conflicting ideologies where perception and suspicion have the power to determine life or death.

"There’s much to enjoy in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’: fine photography, juicy supporting turns from Kiefer Sutherland and Om Puri, and a powerfully sustained sense of a man adrift in a world going mad. But Nair’s customary absence of subtlety does lead to the occasional howler – a scene at hipster Hudson’s art installation is particularly cringeworthy – and the conclusions she draws are fuzzy at best." - Tom Huddleston ,Time Out London

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

BORROMEO STRING QUARTET

Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95
Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 127
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased online here, in advance at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children 16 years of age and under cost $10.

Sunday, June 30 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday July 1 & 2 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA/UK/Qatar, Language: English/Hindi, Runtime: 130 min., Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality

We begin in 2011 in Lahore. At an outdoor café a Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells Bobby (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist, about his experiences in the United States. Roll back ten years, and we find a younger Changez fresh from Princeton, seeking fortune and glory on Wall Street. The American Dream seems well within his grasp, complete with a smart and gorgeous artist girlfriend, Erica (Kate Hudson). But when the Twin Towers are attacked, a cultural divide slowly begins to crack open between Changez and Erica. Changez’s dream soon begins to slip into nightmare: profiled, wrongfully arrested, strip-searched and interrogated, he is transformed from a well-educated, upwardly mobile businessman to a scapegoat and perceived enemy. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a story about conflicting ideologies where perception and suspicion have the power to determine life or death.

"There’s much to enjoy in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’: fine photography, juicy supporting turns from Kiefer Sutherland and Om Puri, and a powerfully sustained sense of a man adrift in a world going mad. But Nair’s customary absence of subtlety does lead to the occasional howler – a scene at hipster Hudson’s art installation is particularly cringeworthy – and the conclusions she draws are fuzzy at best." - Tom Huddleston ,Time Out London

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Sunday, June 30 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday July 1 & 2 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA/UK/Qatar, Language: English/Hindi, Runtime: 130 min., Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality

We begin in 2011 in Lahore. At an outdoor café a Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells Bobby (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist, about his experiences in the United States. Roll back ten years, and we find a younger Changez fresh from Princeton, seeking fortune and glory on Wall Street. The American Dream seems well within his grasp, complete with a smart and gorgeous artist girlfriend, Erica (Kate Hudson). But when the Twin Towers are attacked, a cultural divide slowly begins to crack open between Changez and Erica. Changez’s dream soon begins to slip into nightmare: profiled, wrongfully arrested, strip-searched and interrogated, he is transformed from a well-educated, upwardly mobile businessman to a scapegoat and perceived enemy. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a story about conflicting ideologies where perception and suspicion have the power to determine life or death.

"There’s much to enjoy in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’: fine photography, juicy supporting turns from Kiefer Sutherland and Om Puri, and a powerfully sustained sense of a man adrift in a world going mad. But Nair’s customary absence of subtlety does lead to the occasional howler – a scene at hipster Hudson’s art installation is particularly cringeworthy – and the conclusions she draws are fuzzy at best." - Tom Huddleston ,Time Out London

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Sun., July 7 at 2:00 PM, Monday and Tuesday July 8 & 9 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 105 min. Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and some sexual content.

Inspired by actual events, The Iceman follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon) from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men. Appearing to be living the American dream as a devoted husband and father; in reality Kuklinski was a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.

Co-starring Academy Award® nominee Winona Ryder (Black Swan) and Chris Evans (Avengers, Captain America), The Iceman is directed by Ariel Vromen (Danika) from a script he wrote with Morgan Land (Rx). Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), David Schwimmer (Friends), Robert Davi (Profiler) and Danny Abeckaser (Alpha Dog) round out the cast. The film features cameo appearances by Stephen Dorff (Public Enemies) and James Franco (127 Hours).

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO
 

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT

Young Artist concerts tickets are $8.00
Tickets available at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.

Sun., July 7 at 2:00 PM, Monday and Tuesday July 8 & 9 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 105 min. Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and some sexual content.

Inspired by actual events, The Iceman follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon) from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men. Appearing to be living the American dream as a devoted husband and father; in reality Kuklinski was a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.

Co-starring Academy Award® nominee Winona Ryder (Black Swan) and Chris Evans (Avengers, Captain America), The Iceman is directed by Ariel Vromen (Danika) from a script he wrote with Morgan Land (Rx). Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), David Schwimmer (Friends), Robert Davi (Profiler) and Danny Abeckaser (Alpha Dog) round out the cast. The film features cameo appearances by Stephen Dorff (Public Enemies) and James Franco (127 Hours).

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO
 

Sun., July 7 at 2:00 PM, Monday and Tuesday July 8 & 9 at 7:30 PM

Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 105 min. Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and some sexual content.

Inspired by actual events, The Iceman follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon) from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men. Appearing to be living the American dream as a devoted husband and father; in reality Kuklinski was a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.

Co-starring Academy Award® nominee Winona Ryder (Black Swan) and Chris Evans (Avengers, Captain America), The Iceman is directed by Ariel Vromen (Danika) from a script he wrote with Morgan Land (Rx). Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), David Schwimmer (Friends), Robert Davi (Profiler) and Danny Abeckaser (Alpha Dog) round out the cast. The film features cameo appearances by Stephen Dorff (Public Enemies) and James Franco (127 Hours).

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO
 

Armida – Gioachino Rossini
Original transmission date: Saturday, May 1, 2010
This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvo?ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than five tenors. Director Mary Zimmerman describes the work as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” Armida is a fanciful and magical tale with “an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”

Conductor: Riccardo Frizza; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford, Barry Banks, Kobie van Rensburg
Total Running Time: 03:04:00

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets
call 575-758-2052

Sunday, July 14 at 2 PM
The Taos Film Society will meet after the Sunday matinee, come join the discussion.
Monday and Tuesday July 15 & 16 at 7:30 PM
Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 99 min., Rated R for some language.

A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel, What Maisie Knew tells the story of a captivating little girl's struggle for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. Told through the eyes of the title's heroine, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit. Starring Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan and Joanna Vanderham, introducing Onata Aprile as "Maisie."

An aging rock star (Moore) and a contemporary art dealer (Coogan)—Susanna and Beale are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inadequacy as parents; their fight for Maisie is just another battle in an epic war of personalities. As they raise the stakes by taking on inappropriate new partners, the ex-nanny Margo and the much younger bartender Lincoln (Vanderham and Skarsgård), the shuffling of Maisie from household to household becomes more and more callous, the consequences more and more troubling. Always watchful, however, Maisie begins to understand that the path through this morass of adult childishness and selfish blindness will have to be of her own making.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

BORROMEO STRING QUARTET

Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1
Beethoven: String Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Op. 131

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased online here, in advance at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children 16 years of age and under cost $10.

Sunday, July 14 at 2 PM
The Taos Film Society will meet after the Sunday matinee, come join the discussion.
Monday and Tuesday July 15 & 16 at 7:30 PM
Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 99 min., Rated R for some language.

A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel, What Maisie Knew tells the story of a captivating little girl's struggle for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. Told through the eyes of the title's heroine, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit. Starring Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan and Joanna Vanderham, introducing Onata Aprile as "Maisie."

An aging rock star (Moore) and a contemporary art dealer (Coogan)—Susanna and Beale are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inadequacy as parents; their fight for Maisie is just another battle in an epic war of personalities. As they raise the stakes by taking on inappropriate new partners, the ex-nanny Margo and the much younger bartender Lincoln (Vanderham and Skarsgård), the shuffling of Maisie from household to household becomes more and more callous, the consequences more and more troubling. Always watchful, however, Maisie begins to understand that the path through this morass of adult childishness and selfish blindness will have to be of her own making.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Sunday, July 14 at 2 PM
The Taos Film Society will meet after the Sunday matinee, come join the discussion.
Monday and Tuesday July 15 & 16 at 7:30 PM
Country: USA, Language: English, Runtime: 99 min., Rated R for some language.

A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel, What Maisie Knew tells the story of a captivating little girl's struggle for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. Told through the eyes of the title's heroine, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit. Starring Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan and Joanna Vanderham, introducing Onata Aprile as "Maisie."

An aging rock star (Moore) and a contemporary art dealer (Coogan)—Susanna and Beale are too self-involved even to notice their neglect and inadequacy as parents; their fight for Maisie is just another battle in an epic war of personalities. As they raise the stakes by taking on inappropriate new partners, the ex-nanny Margo and the much younger bartender Lincoln (Vanderham and Skarsgård), the shuffling of Maisie from household to household becomes more and more callous, the consequences more and more troubling. Always watchful, however, Maisie begins to understand that the path through this morass of adult childishness and selfish blindness will have to be of her own making.

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

ROBERT MCDONALD PIANO RECITAL

Bach
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Brahms
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased online here, in advance at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children 16 years of age and under cost $10.

La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Willy Decker; Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, Dimitri Hvorostovsky
Total Running Time: 02:28:00

Individual opera ticket prices, $12 TCA Members, $15 General Public
$10 Students 18 and under. For more information or to order tickets call 575-758-2052
 

Sunday, July 21 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday July 22 & 23 at 7:30 PM
Country: Canada/UK, Language: English/Hindi/Urdu – subtitled, Runtime: 146 min.

Midnight's Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters.

From the unlikely romance of Saleem's grandparents to the birth of his own son, Midnight's Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic and magical – the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself.

"Both dreamy and dramatic, a fascinating view of Indian history seen through the prism of a personal – and occasionally twinned – story.” –Marshall Fine, Huffington Post

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT

Young Artist concerts tickets are $8.00
Tickets available at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.

Sunday, July 21 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday July 22 & 23 at 7:30 PM
Country: Canada/UK, Language: English/Hindi/Urdu – subtitled, Runtime: 146 min.

Midnight's Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters.

From the unlikely romance of Saleem's grandparents to the birth of his own son, Midnight's Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic and magical – the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself.

"Both dreamy and dramatic, a fascinating view of Indian history seen through the prism of a personal – and occasionally twinned – story.” –Marshall Fine, Huffington Post

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

Sunday, July 21 at 2 PM
Monday and Tuesday July 22 & 23 at 7:30 PM
Country: Canada/UK, Language: English/Hindi/Urdu – subtitled, Runtime: 146 min.

Midnight's Children is an epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters.

From the unlikely romance of Saleem's grandparents to the birth of his own son, Midnight's Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic and magical – the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself.

"Both dreamy and dramatic, a fascinating view of Indian history seen through the prism of a personal – and occasionally twinned – story.” –Marshall Fine, Huffington Post

Tickets: $7.00 TCA Members, $8.50 Regular Admission

Made possible with the help of these underwriters:
William Schackel DDS, James Day DDS, Taos Lifestyle, Moby Dickens Bookshop, Bent Street Cafe and Deli, Peoples Bank, Webb Design, Taos Dental Group, High Country Real Estate, Heritage Trust Co., The Taos News, KRZA, Knight Financial Limited, US Bank Foundation, Northside Health & Fitness, Metric Motors, Wolfgang Spa Works, KKIT/KVOT, KTAO

BRENTANO STRING QUARTET & THOMAS SAUER, PIANO

Brahms: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Steven Mackey: One Red Rose (composed for the Brentano String Quartet)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS can be purchased online here, in advance at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office. Adult tickets cost $20 and children 16 years of age and under cost $10.

THE TORTOISE VERSUS THE HARE Auditions
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) production of THE TORTOISE VERSUS THE HARE on Monday, July 29 from 9:00 AM Sharp Those auditioning should arrive at 9:00 AM and plan to stay for the full two hours. Most of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.

Among the roles to be cast are the wise Tortoise- Coach Shelley Bowlback , the conceited Curly Hare, Esther and her daughter Little Bonnie Bunny, the rascally Weasels, the singing service station Ferrets and the scaly Reptiles. Other roles include the Thespian Troupe, Curly’s Posse, the TV Crew and the rowdy Curly Hare Fan Club. Students, ages entering 1st through 12th grade are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Assistant Directors will also be cast to aid in rehearsals throughout the week and to take on essential backstage responsibilities.

The Missoula Children's Theatre touring productions are complete with costumes, scenery, props and makeup. The MCT Tour Actor/Directors will conduct rehearsals throughout the week from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM each day.
THE TORTOISE VERSUS THE HARE will be presented on Saturday August 3 at the Taos Community Auditorium at 3:00 & 7:00 PM. The Missoula Children's Theatre residency in Taos is presented locally by th Taos Center for the Arts.
For more information please email tca@tcataos.org.

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT

Young Artist concerts tickets are $8.00
Tickets available at Mud N Flood on Bent Street in Taos or the evening of the performance at the auditorium box office.